Sandwich Island Bernicle (Bernicla * Sandvicensis). 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE SANDWICH ISLAND GOOSE. 



Stay-at-home travellers. Home of the Sandwich Bern icle. Natural dispo- 

 sition. Its claims on our patronage. Natural perfume. Voice. First his- 

 torical notice. Erroneous nomenclature. Obstinate pugnacity. A parallel. 

 Diet. Weight. Plumage. Increase. 



ONE great charm in Natural History is that it leads 

 the student through such an ever-changing panorama of 



* Cuvier says, "The Bernicles are distinguishable from the com- 

 mon Geese by a shorter, smaller bill, whose edges are not apparent 

 beyond the extremities of the laminae." 



